Niki Orfanou's The Exiled Beauty is inspired by Camus and performing at the Poetry Cafe (8pm, £5).

Thursday: There may be one or two tickets left for Julian Barnes's only UK appearance this year, in aid of Freedom from Torture, at the Institute of Engineering and Technology (7.30pm, £18).

Bang Said the Gun are putting on a special at Hotel Elephant. Polar Bear, Kate Tempest, Tim Clare and David J join the regular crew of Dan Cockrill, Rob Auton, Martin Galton and Peter Hayhoe (7.30pm, £5).

Sunday:Storytellers' Club returns to the Pleasance, with Tom Bell, Aisling Bea, Jim Smallman, James Downdeswell and hosted as always by Sarah Bennetto. Plus there's a festival mini market before the show starts (from 6.30pm, show at 8pm, £8 / £5).

Neuroscientist Susan Greenfield gives the School of Life sermon on how important storytelling is to humans (11.30am, £12.50).